The Internet Reacts To Valve's Steam Controller

Valve is not the type of company to go unnoticed -- it shouldn't be surprising, then, that online gaming communities everywhere are buzzing about the newly announced Steam Controller.

And with good reason too: not only is having Steam optimised for the living room experience potentially game-changing, the controller itself is... well, it's kinda funny lookin'. Which is why some of the immediate reactions involved Photoshops of the controller -- the one above with Gabe Newell's eyes is by our very own commenter, Pixel. It's a response to Chris' photoshop of the controller, which is also excellent:

Also by Chris: an interpretation of the controller as a crotch:

And yes, of course, the controller as a part of a Half-Life 3 conspiracy:

And one YouTuber is ready to throw money at this all, but nothing is happening!

Ah, internet.

Comments

travisnew87 Guest

Sep 28, 2013, 12:30pm

A lot of them are overreactions though I may fall into that field anyway. I am not keen on this controller. Virtual thumbsticks have always been crap and touch screens during screen gameplay Ouya/WiiU were never popular or used effectively. I can't see competitive gaming adopting these either and even casual gaming I would rather just use my Xbox One controller for PC gaming.

Even for non-intensive games like Skyrim which falls short on PS/XB controllers and this is no different. I'll have to play with one personally before I think otherwise. There are no videos of anyone using which makes me suspicious.

There are some videos now so i really hope you check them out. I think it will work fine for games like Skyrim, heck that will be one of its better fields. Slow paced singleplayer games will easily be playable, and comfortably. Its twitch shooters where they will fall off, but thats why the usability of keyboard+mouse stays around :D

If any one thing about The Last Jedi has been contentious -- actually, no, strike that, everything about The Last Jedi has been contentious, including its approach to space combat (the Holdo Manoeuvre, anyone?). But according to one fan and critic, Rian Johnson's epic actually makes space combat in the Star Wars universe more explicable, not less.